The Tipping Point
Tipping point: The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences. Hstory is full of stories of ordinary people leading extraordinary lives as they...
View ArticleFrom Woe to Wow: When God Redeems Our Adversity
You have just signed off Facebook with a long lost acquaintance from high school days. She exuberantly filled you in on all the wonderful things that have happened in her incredible...
View ArticleWhen Faith Falls Down and Gets Back Up Again
It happens to all of us who call ourselves Christ followers: something unexpected hits us behind the knees, causing our faith to fall down. Perhaps it is a betrayal of the most hurtful kind that...
View ArticleEnjoying the Season You’re In
Recently I passed by a house already decorated for Christmas. While I too love Christmas, I found it sad that bright reds and greens of Christmas were invading the fantastic colors of fall. You see,...
View ArticleIt’s Just the Way It Is
The latest rendition of me Is shorter, fuller, and older than I used to be It’s just the way it is. My hair is thinning, Weight is winning, It’s just the way it is. Gone are the days of cute, taut,...
View ArticleWisdom from the Rear View Mirror—Wisdom That Works
Introduction The aches and pains of this last year are prime witnesses to what my birthday has declared … I am older. Yep, there is only one more category of age I get to select when filling out...
View ArticleWisdom from the Rear View Mirror—Wisdom That Works (Part 2)
Note: This article is an excerpt from a book in progress by Sharon L. Patterson. From Part 1: For the next several pages, I will take you on a journey of wisdom gathering that is 63 years long....
View ArticleWho Am I?
Some say that I am an accident unwanted a mass of tissue a mistake a product of conception a non-person a potential human being I AM A CHILD IN THE WOMB Others say that I am a blessing a gift of God...
View ArticleThe Crate
For quite some time you have been walking blindfolded. All you know that is on the other side of the journey is a task for you to complete. You do not know what the task is, or what it entails, but it...
View ArticleThe Few
The Few is a term famously used to describe the Allied airmen of the Royal Air Force who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. It comes from a phrase in a speech given by Winston...
View Article“I’ll Have a Little More of Your Salt, Please”
“You are the salt of the earth…” —Matthew 5:13a Said the judge in his court at the end of the case To the Christian lawyer adjusting his papers in place: “The law has lost clarity in the land, It’s...
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